Andrew Townesmith

Missouri Botanical Garden — United States

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies(9), Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity(6), Herbal Medicine Research Studies(3), Botanical Research and Chemistry(3), Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications(3)

Publications15 total

Repositories of biocultural diversity: Toward best practices for empowering ethnobotany in digital herbaria
Plants People Planet·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Exploring American Elderberry Compounds for Antioxidant, Antiviral, and Antibacterial Properties Through High-Throughput Screening Assays Combined with Untargeted Metabolomics
2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Plant identification applications do not reliably identify toxic and edible plants in the American Midwest
Clinical Toxicology·2023· 4 cited
Building a botanical foundation for perennial agriculture: Global inventory of wild, perennial herbaceous Fabaceae species
Plants People Planet·2019· 31 citedOpen Access
Building a botanical foundation for perennial agriculture: Global inventory of wild, perennial herbaceous Fabaceae species
2019· 2 citedOpen Access
Botanical foundations for perennial agriculture: Evolution and ecology of perennial herbaceous plants
2018
Variation of select flavonols and chlorogenic acid content of elderberry collected throughout the Eastern United States
Journal of Food Composition and Analysis·2015· 37 citedOpen Access
Toxicity of medicinal plants used in traditional medicine in Northern Peru
Journal of Ethnopharmacology·2011· 584 cited
Proving that Traditional Knowledge Works: The antibacterial activity of Northern Peruvian medicinal plants
Ethnobotany Research and Applications·2011· 529 citedOpen Access
Minimum inhibitory concentrations of medicinal plants used in Northern Peru as antibacterial remedies
Journal of Ethnopharmacology·2010· 423 cited
Herbal mixtures in traditional medicine in Northern Peru
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine·2010· 467 citedOpen Access
Researchmixtures in traditional medicine in Northern Peru
2010
Antibacterial activity of medicinal plants of northern Peru - Part II
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2009· 14 citedOpen Access
Phytochemical analysis of peruvian medicinal plants
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2009· 16 citedOpen Access
1. The Feral Forests of the Eastern Petén
Columbia University Press eBooks·2006· 56 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Rainer W. Bussmann(7), Ashley Glenn(7), Karen Meyer(6), Wendy L. Applequist(6), Douglas Sharon(5), Alyse Kuhlman(4), Gabriel Chait(4), Gonzalo Malca(3), Alyse Rothrock(3), Claudia Ciotir(3), Timothy E. Crews(3), Lee R. DeHaan(3), Emma Frawley(3), Sterling A. Herron(3), Yury Roskov(3), Brandon Schlautman(3), David L. Van Tassel(3), Allison J. Miller(3), Karen M. Walker(2), Doris Díaz(2)